Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...showed that they were capable of better ball playing in the game they put up in the last two innings, during which only two hits were made and not a man was able to get beyond second base. To be sure Reed had taken Gilmore's place as pitcher and deserves credit for what he did, but Gilmore cannot be blamed for a great many of Harvard's errors, still if he had been relieved earlier in the game, the result might have been very much altered, though the game was practically lost at the end of the second inning...
Twombly of the Boston Latin School, the best pitcher in the interscholastic league this year, will enter Yale next fall...
...Bowers, pitcher, has shown admirable effectiveness in some games, and has been hit fairly hard in some others. His weakening towards the end of a game is due to overwork. He should be used less often if his effectiveness is to be preserved. He watches bases well, keeps cool, and is batting better than he did last year. He is a weak base runner...
...chances are missed almost as often as hard ones. Hard practice in team work, throwing to the plate and batting, and more care in base running from now until the first game with Princeton should result in a marked improvement. The team is unfortunate in having only one reliable pitcher. Saving him for the important games will result in the loss of some minor games, but the importance of doing this will be seen later...
...ninth the juniors tied the score by a base hit by Fearing, a steal, and errors by pitcher and second baseman. In the latter half there was intense excitement. Rankin took his base on being hit by a pitched ball, stole second and third, and came home on a sacrifice by Hollis. This decided the game and the inning was not finished...